artist: Artists Kassav

The groundbreaking group known as Kassav’, primarily made up of musicians from the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, created a music revolution that had repercussions all around the world. In this in-depth report from The Beat in 1986, … Read more »

We are very pleased to present this multipart series on the music of the French Antilles from The Beat magazine, to accompany Afropop Worldwide‘s program on the French Caribbean. In the mid-‘80s, the popular dance music known as zouk had … Read more »

In the music of the French Antilles – the islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe – you can hear influences that range from the traditional béle and gwo ka drumming of the islands’ rural communities, to European additions like polka and French … Read more »

Summer concert season is in full swing here in New York and you can look back at our “Summer Concert Selects” for a full list of great shows happening in the area this summer. The rest of our continent has its own … Read more »

After traveling down musical pathways in New Orleans and India on his last two albums, French director, pianist and composer Christophe Chassol has turned to his family’s homeland in Martinique for his new album Big Sun, along with an accompanying documentary. We reached out to Chassol … Read more »